This is not a WSUS problem, these are the important bits from my previous
posts that explain what my problem actually is:-
1) Running Windows Vista Business and can't run Windows update from the
Microsoft site, I get the error 80244016
2) This PC is able to update from WSUS OK.
3) Other XP PCs with the same proxy and in the same OU can run Windows
Update
from the Web OK.
4) What I am doing is this:-
Open "Windows Update" in control panel
Select "Check online for updates from Microsoft Update" in the right pane
(as this machine is set up for WSUS clicking "Check for updates" in the left
pane will check WSUS, not online)
In the right hand pane I then get a red cross and a message "Windows could
not search for new updates" and the informative "Error(s) found code
80244016"
As this PC can connect to the Internet fine for web browsing etc and the
issue is just with Windows Update does anyone know where I should start
looking to find a way troubleshoot further.
What I did forget to say though is that this is an x64 Vista box, so the MS
WSUS client diagnostic tool won't run on it, this is what I get running it
several x64 Vista machines, not just the one I'm having issue with.
WSUS Client Diagnostics Tool
Checking Machine State
Checking for admin rights to run tool . . . . . . . . . PASS
Automatic Updates Service is running. . . . . . . . . . PASS
Background Intelligent Transfer Service is running. . . PASS
GetFileVersion(szEngineDir,&subversion) failed with hr=0x80070002
The system cannot find the file specified.
Peter Lawton
"Lawrence Garvin [MVP]" <onsite@postalias.news> wrote in message
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> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Peter Lawton wrote:
>
>>> In the right hand pane I then get a red cross and a message "Windows
>>> could
>>> not search for new updates" and the informative "Error(s) found code
>>> 80244016"
>
> This is an HTTP '400' error...HTTP/1.1 Error 400 - Bad Request
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q247249/
>
>>> "TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eQF4Yq1tIHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> 0x80244016 - SUS_E_PT_HTTP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST
>>>> Http status 400 - invalid syntax
>
> Oh.. but look... you've already received this answer once!
>
> One then simply needs to translate the error for your own scenario:
>
>> (as this machine is set up for WSUS clicking "Check for updates" in the
>> left pane will check WSUS, not online)
>
> So, you click on "Check for updates", and you get an HTTP '400' error,
> suggesting one possibility as a misconfigured URL for your WSUS Server.
>
> Download and run the Client Diagnostic Tool on this machine, and post the
> results.
>
> The CDT is available at:
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...tic%20Tool.EXE
>
> --
> Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP, MCBMSP, MCTS(x4), MCP
> Senior Data Architect, APQC, Houston, Texas
> Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2008)
>
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